GameTap has word that they've added Fallout 2 and Stand O'Food as new
premium games to their online gaming service, and in anticipation of the
imminent release of Fallout 3, they've added the original Fallout as a free
game. Also, following up on yesterday's news that GameTap has partnered with
Metaboli (story)
Variety.com has a brief Q&A on the move with Metaboli CEO Pierre Gaudet, who
will be in charge of the whole shebang. Word is that Turner basically gave
GameTap to Metaboli in hopes that a sizable minority share in the merged entity
will turn out to be worth more than GameTap is now. He also says going forward
the GameTap/Metaboli partnership will offer more download to own games (he uses
the term "baby iTunes" for games) and more branded partnerships with third
parties, which apparently are a bigger part of Metaboli's business than
subscribers.

I can't get the high-res patch for Fallout 1 to work. I followed the installation instructions and it said the Fallout executable (US 1.1) was patched successfully. Even tried modifying the resolution settings in the .ini file but I'm stuck on 640 x 480 x 8bpp. Any suggestions? Running Windows XP SP3.

If anyone still has a beta invite send it my way, I've been chomping at the bit to get ahold of the Fallout series and play it on XP, along with several other games that they may have.

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishfull thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.-Robert Heinlein

Thats great, I will bust out the game and play the high res mod, had no idea this was available. Yes i bought the friggin games, in their big boxes and also the simple sleave version that fry's sold for $10.

There used to be a modified file you could download and it would have every weapon in the game stored in the second little city you come to in fallout 2. They would be stashed in all the lockers around the map. Does anybody know what this mod was called or where to get it? That was my favorite - going around the cities and just blowing everyone away

Got Fallout and Fallout 2 from gog.com a few weeks ago for $5.99, total. A benefit of being an early beta registrar is they have a buy-1-get-1-free promo. Pretty sweet deal, even for someone who owns the original Fallout.